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EXT4 Data Corruption Bug Hits Stable Linux Kernels

10-24-2012, 06:20 AM

Phoronix: EXT4 Data Corruption Bug Hits Stable Linux Kernels

As a warning for those who are normally quick to upgrade to the latest stable vanilla kernel releases, a serious EXT4 data corruption bug worked its way into the stable Linux 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 kernel series...

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Any word on which versions of 3.4 are bad? I'm on Fedora 16 running 3.4.11 right now and haven't noticed any problems since my last reboot two days ago. I just installed the upgraded kernel 3.6.2 but luckly haven't rebooted to it yet. Thanks for the heads up, guess I'll be removing that update now.

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Any word on which versions of 3.4 are bad? I'm on Fedora 16 running 3.4.11 right now and haven't noticed any problems since my last reboot two days ago. I just installed the upgraded kernel 3.6.2 but luckly haven't rebooted to it yet. Thanks for the heads up, guess I'll be removing that update now.

F16, installed 3.6.2, rebooted a few times since then. It's all ok for now.

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Can the article be clarified? It seems like some people are going around saying the bug was introduced in 3.6.3 but 3.6.2 is affected too. This work machine I'm on now is running Fedora 17 with 3.6.2. No sign of an update yet.